| How do you balance fostering individual player development with achieving team results? [April 2012] |
| How do you communicate with players and parents, including which communication vehicles you use or don’t use? [March 2012] |
| Fill-in-the-blank: I’m involved in coaching soccer because: ________________________. [February 2012] |
With the New Year, what is one personal resolution that would enable you to be a better coach?
[January 2012] |
| What is your favorite team-building activity and how or why is it effective? [December 2011] |
If you had a magic wand and could change one thing about youth soccer, what would it be?
[November 2011] |
| With the U.S. Soccer Development Academy publicizing their club evaluations (see below), what methods do you as a coach or your organization use to evaluate how your performance measures up with your personal/team goals or club mission? [October 2011] |
| Fill-in-the-blank: The greatest benefit that club players get from playing school soccer in the fall is _____________________________. [September 2011] |
| Fill-in-the-blank: When evaluating a player in a tryout or selecting a player for your team, the first thing you look for is ________________________. [August 2011] |
With the FIFA Women’s World Cup in action, what methods have you used to encourage players to watch high level games on TV or in person? [July 2011] |
| What aspects of playing or coaching experience in other sports have you carried over to coaching soccer, or what knowledge of other sports have you had to leave on the shelf to be an effective soccer coach? [June 2011] |
| After considering Claudio Reyna’s article, “Coaches Should Sit Down,” how do you see your role during games or how would you define appropriate sideline coaching? [May 2011] |
| Do you have a favored pre-game routine that helps you and your team prepare for games? Does it change based on tournament or league play? [April 2011] |
| How do you select a team captain, or do you rotate that responsibility? What qualities or characteristics do you look for, or do you let the players decide? [March 2011] |
| Do you have any New Year's coaching resolutions for the good of the game or for the players you coach?
[January 2011] |
| When coaching a team that is overmatched by the opposition, what can you do or say during the game, at halftime, and/or after the game to ensure that your players (or parents) maintain enthusiasm and effort in the face of a one-sided loss?
[December 2010] |
| When coaching a team that is dominating the opposition, what measures can you take to ensure that your team remains challenged and that the scoreline doesn't become too one-sided? [November 2010] |
| Is it appropriate for players to "play up" in an older age group, and why or why not?
[October 2010] |
| How do you make use of "visual cues" in teaching individual or small group tactics and how important are they as a teaching/learning tool? [September 2010] |
| Describe something you've learned from watching and listening to the World Cup that will help you in your own coaching efforts? [July 2010] |
| Who will win the World Cup and why? [June 2010] |
| How and when do you teach rules (e.g. legal throw-ins or offsides) to players who are learning the game without boring them with lectures or repetitive drills? [May 2010] |
| How do you balance the short-term desire for team results with the long-term goal of individual player development?
[April 2010] |
| Explain ways in which you make effective use of your assistant coach(es) to benefit your team at practices and games.
[March 2010] |
| What have been the most valuable experiences to develop your coaching abilities?
[February 2010] |
| How do you adjust training activities to account for varying abilities within your team, so players are challenged appropriate to their skill level? [January 2010] |
| How do you integrate your goalkeeper(s) into your team training session to provide them the specific training they need?
[December 2009] |
| How do you train shooting technique without having players stand in lines?
[November 2009] |
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